Re: [PATCH RESEND] Interpret 0 length ff effects as infinite (0xffff) length effects

From: Jiri Kosina
Date: Tue Jun 04 2024 - 03:55:30 EST


On Tue, 21 May 2024, Paul Dino Jones wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> More and more vendors are entering the force feedback wheel space, and
> many are supported well by this driver. Unfortunately a lot of new users
> are hitting this issue.
>
> It would be nice to have this merged.
>
> I think we all agree a 0 length effect makes no sense, and this change
> wouldn't break anything that sends 0xffff.

Could you please make the changelog a little bit more structured, namely
what is the user-visible problem this patch is fixing, and how / why it is
a proper fix.

Thanks,

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Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs